Hosius of Corduba

Hosius of Corduba (256-359), also known as Ossius, was a Bishop of Corduba in Spain and the presiding bishop at the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.

Biography
Hosius was born in Corduba, Hispania, Roman Empire in 256 AD, and he was elevated to the See of Corduba in 295 AD. He narrowly escaped martyrdom during the persecution of Maximian, and he became a close advisor to Emperor Constantine the Great during the early 4th century. He was a favorite of Constantine and an enemy of Arianism, and, in 325, Hosius was chosen to preside over the First Council of Nicaea, which had the goal of creating a unified doctrine for the Christian Church. After the council, he returned to his diocese in Spain, and he died in 359.